{"id":14243,"date":"2019-12-16T12:00:41","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T17:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=14243"},"modified":"2019-12-17T20:21:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T01:21:27","slug":"comey-the-fbi-and-fisa-the-debacle-is-now-undeniable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/16\/comey-the-fbi-and-fisa-the-debacle-is-now-undeniable\/","title":{"rendered":"Comey, the FBI, and FISA: The Debacle is Now Undeniable"},"content":{"rendered":"

The secret FISA court today publicly condemned the FBI lies<\/a> that resulted in nuclear-powered surveillance warrants targeting the Trump campaign. \u201cThe frequency with which representations made by F.B.I. personnel turned out to be unsupported or contradicted by information in their possession, and with which they withheld information detrimental to their case, calls into question whether information contained in other F.B.I. applications is reliable,\u201d Judge Collyer wrote. For years, most of the media has portrayed the FBI and fired FBI chief James Comey as heroic crusaders against the Trump administration.\u00a0 Last week’s Inspector General report obliterated that narrative.\u00a0 Sunday’s Fox News interview of Comey by Chris Wallace should settle any doubts about whether Comey’s candor and credibility.\u00a0 In December 2018, Comey declared,<\/a> ““I think the notion that <\/span>#FISA<\/a><\/span> was abused here is nonsense.”\u00a0 Comey signed the deceptive FISA warrant applications.\u00a0 But now he is portraying himself as practically an innocent bystander.
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The FBI surveillance of the Trump campaign led to the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, whose investigation found no evidence that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia.\u00a0 Despite the failure of the FBI investigation or the Special Counsel to substantiate the most serious accusation, that theme is the backdrop for the Democrats’ impeachment efforts.<\/p>\n

Some media folks are absolving themselves by claiming that the facts on FBI misconduct and untrustworthiness were not available.\u00a0 Bull. Here’s some of my articles for national newspapers on the topic in recent years.<\/p>\n

USA Today, December 10, 2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Inspector General report on FBI\u2019s FISA abuse tells us one thing: We need radical reform.<\/a><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

USA Today, August 30, 2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n

You may have seen him on a prayer candle, but James Comey is no saint<\/a><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

USA Today, November 20, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Julian Assange deserves a Medal of Freedom, not a secret indictment<\/a><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

USA TODAY, October 2, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don’t count on the FBI to clear up the Kavanaugh-Ford mess. Its record is flawed.<\/a><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

USA Today, June 15, 2018<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Inspector general\u2019s report on FBI and Clinton\u2019s emails shows secrecy threatens democracy<\/a><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Hill, June 13, 2018<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A politically weaponized FBI is nothing new, but plenty dangerous<\/a><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Hill, April 20, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Comey\u2019s book tour is all about \u2018truth\u2019 \u2014 but his FBI tenure, not so much<\/a><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

USA Today, April 3, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the FBI’s Pulse nightclub failure, why should we trust James Comey anymore?<\/a><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Hill, February 5, 2018<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Will FISA secrecy doom democracy?<\/a><\/h1>\n

USA TODAY, February 2, 2018<\/strong><\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

Nunes memo released: FBI objections lacked credibility given bureau\u2019s shady past<\/a><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Hill, January 29, 2018<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Robert Mueller’s forgotten surveillance crime spree<\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

The Hill, January 22, 2018<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Destroying, suppressing evidence is FBI standard procedure<\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Hill, January 14, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fed’s misconduct in Cliven Bundy case stems from Ruby Ridge<\/a><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

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USA Today, January 5, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cliven Bundy-FBI debacle: Another example of why the feds need to be leashed<\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Hill, December 11, 2017<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Yes, the FBI is America’s secret police<\/a><\/h1>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

USA TODAY, May 11, 2017<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Comey firing justly knocks FBI off its pedestal<\/a><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

Blog, December 17, 2012<\/h3>\n

FISA Renewal: Only a Fool\u2026<\/a><\/h1>\n

Only a fool would expect members of Congress to give a damn about his rights and liberties. That\u2019s the lesson from today\u2019s Senate floor debate on extending the National Security Agency\u2019s warrantless surveillance of Americans under FISA.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

American Conservative, March 13, 2016<\/strong><\/h3>\n

State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration<\/a><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

Blog, January 12, 2006<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The FISA Farce<\/a><\/h1>\n

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The secret FISA court today publicly condemned the FBI lies that resulted in nuclear-powered surveillance warrants targeting the Trump campaign. \u201cThe frequency with which representations made by F.B.I. personnel turned out to be unsupported or contradicted by information in their possession, and with which they withheld information detrimental to their case, calls into question whether […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[47,2198,1073,1056,27,2199,1541,1449,55,268,30],"class_list":["post-14243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-fbi","tag-horowitz","tag-james-comey","tag-julian-assange","tag-lying","tag-nunes","tag-orlando-pulse-nightclub","tag-robert-mueller","tag-secrecy","tag-spying","tag-surveillance"],"yoast_head":"\nComey, the FBI, and FISA: The Debacle is Now Undeniable - James Bovard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The IG report exposed a slew of FBI lies and misconduct. 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Bovard\u2019s writings have been publicly denounced by FBI director Louis Freeh, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Postmaster General, and the chiefs of the U.S. International Trade Commission, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as well as by many congressmen and other malcontents.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.jimbovard.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jim.bovard","https:\/\/x.com\/jimbovard"],"url":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14243"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14273,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14243\/revisions\/14273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}